Lake takes 1St place on the PKRA World Tour Racing Circuit. From Mexico toGermany, with podium finishes at nearly every stop, Bryan Lake (AKA Bernie)weathered the dramatic Olympic whirlwind, and came out as the 2012 PKRA World TourRacing Champion.

Born and raised in San Diego, CA Bryan Lake started racing on the water at a youngage. With a solid background racing sailboats, he was recruited by the University ofHawaii’s sailing program. He says “It was a good move for me! There was big waves,good wind and we had a kick ass sailing team. We ripped up the college circuit andwon the nationals.”

As fate would have it his UH sailing coaches were kiting and gave him a shot at it oneday. He was instantly hooked. In 2004 he hit the Gorge games coming in 3rd andgraced the cover of Kiteboarding Magazine in 2006. Highly competitive in nature thelaid back surf scene wasn’t doing it for him. He had the need for speed, and pushingthe limits of high performance kite racing was right up his alley.

Bryan went back to his roots in San Diego to race kites, we recently saw him up againstthe America’s Cup 45’s while they were training. Bryan’s latest focus is sailing in lightwinds while assisting Cabrinha’s kite designer Pat Goodman in the development of thelatest race gear. The goal of launching in light wind (as little as 5 knots) to be the firston the water with the fastest kite on the market is now in his grasp. Next up, Winningthe World Championship.

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